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Civil Rights Movement: Segregation (Lesson Plan (2-3 days) with Supporting Material (Original Stories: 1935 Back of the Bus, 1945 Welcome Home, 1955 Rosa Parks)

All About Kwanzaa


Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes  (3-4 days, see also Poetry Slam)

 


African-American History


FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format 
& Free Activities for Kids
 

African American History Month

Black History Month, Activities for Kids (Scholastic)  

Yakaberry - Free Reading Hour Lesson Plans & Activities for
Tots, Toddlers, Preschool, and School Age

African America Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship

Lesson Plans from Philadelphia Schools

Africans in America

AFRO-American Almanac

Boston Museum of Afro American History

African American Mosaic

Black History Month Webquests

Black History Month - Crossword Puzzle

Black History: Past to Present (Interactive Web Treasure Hunt)

Black History Month (Awesome Library)  

The Dred Scott Case

A Civil Rights Sojourn

Slavery in America

The Amistad Case: A Mock Trial - 1839, Slavery

The Amistad Case: Teaching Activities

Amistad Slavery Links

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record

History/Slavery UNITS  

Slavery 1840 through 1960  

Black Resistance - Slavery in the US

Civil War & Reconstruction

The Civil War & Slavery

The Civil War 

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South

The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow

Jim Crow Background

From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - the African-American Experience (Library of Congress)

20th Century

Black or White - Environment of the 20's and 30's

The Scottsboro Boys - 1931

The Tuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee Tragedy

This is our War - WWII

The Black Panther Party

The Million Man March

African American History and Heritage Site

National Organization of Blacks in Government

African and African American K-12 Educational Resources

Mosaic America: Patterns of Racism

Racism in American Political Culture

NAACP Homepage

History/African American UNITS

African American History

The African American mosaic (Study of Black History & Culture)

Patchwork of African-American Life Activities

Civil Rights Movement

 

Civil Rights: Segregation (Donn, 2-3 days)
Back of the Bus
Welcome Home
Rosa Parks

Riding the Bus, Taking a Stand (1 week unit)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lesson Plans & Activities (Donn)

Civil Rights Movement UNIT - great!

Eyes on the Prize: The Civil Rights Movement UNIT

"Separate But Equal is Unconstitutional Under the Law" - A Catalyst for Civil Rights

Little Rock 9 (webquest)

American Civil Rights Movement

Have Minorities Gained Acceptance? (Impact of the civil rights movement)

Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement Unit

US Civil Rights in the 1960s (HS)

Civil Rights Units

Famous African Americans

Heroes of Black American History (Kyrene)  

Black History Month (Biography on A&E)

Booker T Washington UNIT  

Barbara Jordan UNIT

Rosa Louis Parks & Rosa Parks

Ruby Bridges

Sojourner Truth (Women's Suffrage Movement)  

Mary McLeod Bethune (African-American educator)

Andrew Young

Frederick Douglass Mini-Unit

George Washington Carver Mini-Unit

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois (celebrated debate)

Jackie Robinson - Interactive

Famous African Americans (Thinkquest)

Martin Luther King, Jr

Rosa Parks

Harriet Tubman 

African American Literature

Anansi Tales and other stories from Africa (lessons, fables - Donn)

African-American Story Tellers UNIT (5-8th grade)

Black Folktales  

African American Myths and Fables

African American Poets Lessons (grades 10-12)

Literature & Life: The Givens Collection

Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of Children’s Literature

A Teacher's Guide to Afro-American Children's Literature and History

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes (Donn, 3-4 days)

Harlem (1900-1940) with Teachers Guide

Interactive Games & Activities

Match African Americans with the events that made them famous

The Kids Zone

Free Kwanzaa Games

Free Clip Art


 





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